General astrology

General astrology

Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between visible astronomical phenomena and events in the human world.

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The Astrological Age that begins when the vernal point precesses beyond the first degree of sidereal Pisces and into the last degree of sidereal Aquarius. The exact year of this cosmic event is in ...

airy triplicity

Astrology; General astrology

The Air Signs: Libra; Aquarius; Gemini. These signs are hot and moist by nature and sanguine by temperament.

akasha (Akasa)

Astrology; General astrology

The mystical fifth element, or quintessence. The cosmic spiritual essence that pervades and underpins the material elements, Fire, Air, Earth and Water. A sanscrit word meaning "shining", it is also ...

alchemy

Astrology; General astrology

Ancient art of transforming substances from an impure to a pure form using occult techniques (the Great Work), primarily the transformation of base metals into gold. Alchemy also had a profoundly ...

alcocoden (Alchochoden, Alcoccoden)

Astrology; General astrology

Alchochoden, "the giver of the years", meaning the planet which, in the natal chart, reveals the number of years that the person is going to live. It is determined by finding the planet that has most ...

aldebaran

Astrology; General astrology

A malefic Fixed Star in the 10th degree of Gemini, known traditionally as the archangel Michael, the Watcher of the East. A behenian star, it is one of the four Royal Stars.

alfonsine tables

Astrology; General astrology

Ephemerides tabulating Sun, Moon and planets under the patronage of King Alfonso X of Léon and Castile. His team of some 50 astronomers at Toledo revised and improved Ptolemy's geocentric tables in ...